Draw with your presence

Take space so the room has to deal with you

Draw with your presence

Smile (Commons). Presence is space plus calm, not volume.
Field	Fundamentals
Also known as	presence, occupy space
Origin	Pickup / iceberg
Related	Open body language; State; Preselection; Walk

Draw with your presence is iceberg wording for occupying space so people notice you before you speak. In practice: open body language, still feet, a face that is not scanning for threat. It is a fundamental. It is not staring down the bar.

Method

1. Slow down the walk-in. Assignment posture.
2. Stop fidgeting the phone.
3. Then open. Presence without a walk-up is just standing there.

Failure mode

Looming. Or presence as a substitute for talking.

See also

• Open body language
• Walk
• State
• Attractiveness fundamentals